THE BEISD BULLETIN, BENp, OREGON, MONDAY, FEB. 19, 1945 PAGE THftfcE itate Legislature Backlog of Work By Eric V. Allen, Jr. (United Preai Staff Correspondent) Salem, Ore., Fab. 19 UPi Only oM riavs of pay remain for mem- tiers of the 43rd legislative ses- ion but veteran lawmaxers sizing p the backlog 01 lmporcam meas res today predicted it will more kplv be three weeks before the fiiegon legislature adjourns. About tnc only ineusuru ui rem mportance yet aim ,u u,e guvcr- ipr was the war-time extension 01 5 years for tne use or Dig trucKs Oreeon highways, passed over ihe week-end by the house unanl- 1 i.. C.K ithnn rmnin i.t.K ' nOUSiy. OUU1 WHICI inajui OUU- octs as the budget, taxation, vet rans affairs, education, unem jloyment insurance, and salary aises were confined mostly to the louse of origin bottled up in :ommittees. 614 Bills Introduced While 614 bills have been intro : luced in the first 41 days, as com ; )ared to 611 at the same date two i ears ago, only 106 have gone to ; lie governor, as compared with S5 in 1943. Members have chafed :p it the triviality of floor action so ; ar but long hours are in prospect ; f. hen the major bills many com jromised in committee to please ill factions hit the floor. Lawmakers are paid $8 per day 'or 50 days so an additional three ; veeks in Salem will mean at least V j dozen days of free service. The proposed veterans adminjs- ration, headed by a $5000 direc . or and advisory committee of ieven chosen chiefly from veter ans groups, finally reached the Mouse floor with prospects of be- Mig a special order of business ..Wednesday. Progress Made 1 The joint ways and means com Inittee was making good progress tin the budget while senate mem- 5irs muled over house-approved ; aill raising pay of most top state , officials. This week may bring action on -elated education bills, including i 10-year financing plan for build i ngs in the higher educational in stitutions, which if passed prob--. ably would require approval of ; the voters this year; and a tax equalization measure for uniform ; Financing of rural schools (HB80, Trench). The house taxation and revenue committee is not believed friendly to a plan to appropriate another $5,000,000 to schools from Income tax funds. Problem Studied , With labor and employers fairly sjell agreed on most matters, the enate labor and industries com mittee is considering labor's oro Jiosals to increase jobless bene fits from S15 to $25 and increase J lie payment period from 16 to 26 veeKs. The senate may be asked today n rppnncirlor rinfonr QatnrHav nf a bill restorine Denalties eliminated ily a previous legislature in con nection with the payment of de linquent and valorem taxes cov ering 1931 and several subsequent $ears. The taxpayer had 40 years which to pay the delinquent flaxes if ho paid his current tax, but Sen. Frank Hilton said the jjiew bill's penalties were too se vere, with interest ranging from ISO to 100 per cent. Condemned i VVr"l Othman Studies Directory, Gets Low-Down on High-Ups Pvt Karl Hulten, above, ol Cambridge. Mass., a U. 3. para trooper, has been sentenced to hang following his trial in Lon don for thn murder of a taxi driver. Condemned to die with him is Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, a strip-tease dancer who was his companion on his "crime tour." Carl A. Lyman Leaving Service Madras, Feb., 19 (Special) Carl A. Lyman, who for the past eight months has been doing special work in the office of the Jefferson Water Conservancy District office from the U. S. Bu reau of Reclamation, retired from government service on February 1. Two weeks previous, Lyman reached his 70th birthday, which is retirement age. Lyman started working for the government on January 15, 1907. Born in Oakland, Iowa, the son of Semo and Eunice Lyman, he moved to South Dakota with, his parents, where for a number of years they lived on a farm. They returned to Iowa, however, and young Carl attended high school and worked as the school janitor as well as being employed In a store on Saturdays. The elder Ly- man died when Carl was 15. After graduating from high school, the boy went to business college and studied shorthand, typing and some bookkeeping, later taking correspondence work. On January lb, 1907, he began working for the government at Rupert, Idaho, on the Minidoka irrigation project as a store keeper and then followed a per iod of working in other depart ments until in 1915 he entered the project office. Here, he was made chief cleric and then transferred to the Denver Bureau of Recla mation, but for only six months when a call came to report in Washington, D. C. This assign ment lasted eight years then back to Denver. As a government auditor, Ly man has been to such well-known projects as Boulder, Grand Cou lee and Shasta dams. Last June he was assigned to the Jefferson Water Conservancy District of fice in connection with the re quirements of the contract of Jan uary 4, 1938 between the United States and the Jefferson Water Conservancy district. Capt.C.M Dale o Leave Service Fort Lewis. Wash.. Feb. 19 Capt. Clarence M. Dale of 333 Ninth Ave.. Redmond. Ore., who Jor the past three vears has serv- icd in the army service forces, will Irevert to inactive status on Mav j, liHo, it was announced today by Lt. Col. Harvey D. Taylor, commanding the separation cen- u-r nere. t-aptain Datt will return to Kedmond where he will resume his profession of dentistrv. "Like many of his fellow offi cers, Capt. Dale responded to the iiii lor patriotic men, and his val uable experience contributed to 'he rapid organization and train ing of our present day fighting forces," Colonel Taylor said. He also explained: "It is the policy me army to relinquish special ized personnel as soon as possible to strengthen the support the army must have from the home .iront." By Frederick C. Othman (United Fnaa Staff CorttUMlident) Washington, Feb. 19 (IB This Is a review of a new book, price $1.25, about the lives of some great men and women. These gents wrote the 79th Con gressional Directory, themselves, and if you want a sample, listen to Sen. William J. Langer of North Dakota, writing on William j. Langer: "Governor of North Dakota, 1933 until July 17, 1934, when he was removed by the supreme court of North Dakota: only per son ever to be arrested in any English speaking country for fil ing an affidavit of prejudice against a judge." There are rags-to-ricnes stories in this book and sagas of heroism, There also is the information, without any feminine pussyfoot ing, that Rep. Helen Gahagan Douglas, tjie California beauty, is nearly d years oia. Connecticut's Clare Booth Luce Qnnniinrioa that aha ie a n I n r. Wright, author, journalist, foreign 1 admitted nothing except that he's Rep. Harold Henderson "Eat h- man of Tennessee listed himself as organizer of the famous One Callus Fox Hunters association of America. (That word "famous" is the congressman's.) - The authors- unanimously turned out to be joiners from way back: There isn't a lodge in America unmentloned by at least one of them. Sen. Olin D. John son of South Carolina is a mem ber of the American Legion, Forty and Eight, Disabled Veter ans, Baptist church, Mason, Shrine, Optimist club, Jr. O.U. A. M., Red Men, Woodmen of the World, Knights of Pythias and B. P. O. Elks. " Rep. Joseph R. Bryson of the same state is.a Legionnaire, Dis abled Veteran, Baptist, Mason, Shriner, Woodman, Redman, Jun ior, Merrymaker, and United Commercial Traveler. Rep. Wil liam G. Stigler of Stlgler, Okla., is an enrolled Choctaw Indian. Shortest biography in the book is that of Rep. Pat Cannon, who correspondent, and lecturer. If you want ruggea, ne-man stun, read the story of Rep. Charles R. Savage of Shelton, Wash., who says of himself: "Learned nearly every job in the logging industry,' including the hard and dangerous work of high climber, bucker, and feller, at which he became an expert." from Miami, Fla. Longest is the story of Rep. Edward Oscar Mc Cowen of Wheelersburg, O., who in 42 lines told about his ances tors, his rise from coal miner to school teacher and his long and distinctive record (he said so, him self) as an Ohio educator. Rep. John Lesinski of Michigan took credit for starting the city Flames Gut Heart of Manila Business District (NBA Telephoto) The grim horror of total war is awesomely Illustrated in this dramatic photo by Stanley Troutman, NKA Acrae photographer for War Picture Pool, of the burned-out business district of Manila, gutted by (lames let by Japanese as they fell back under merciless onslaught of victorious American Woods. ot Hamtrack with 4,000 houses he built at the age of 26. Rep. William J. GaUagher, the street sweeper from Minneapolis, listed himself as a high school gradu ate, working man, married. "Mrs. Norton," wrote Rep. Mary Norton of New Jersey: "is the first woman to he elected to congress from the democratic party: the first to be appointed chairman of a congressional com mittee, the important committee on the District of Columbia, and now chairman of the committee on labor." From these few excerpts you've noticed the modesty ot the au thors. They have turned out the doggondest book I ever read. Should make a good doorstop, too. James Lovelace Badge Winner With the 12th Armored Division of the Seventh Army in France (Special) Pfc. James S. Love lace, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd N. Lovelace, Route 1, Box 20-A, Bend, Oregon, has been awarded the Combat infantryman badge. This badge is awarded for sat isfactory performance of duty in ground combat against the ene my, and entitles the soldier to $10 per month additional pay. The badge is worn on the left breast, above the service ribbons. The local soldier is a member of the 12th armored division, com manded by Major General Roder ick R. Allen, and has been over seas three months. His unit is one of the newest on the front of Lieut. General Alexander M. Patch's American Seventh army. Redmond Garden Club to Meet Redmond, Feb. 19 (Special) The Redmond Garden club will meet at the home of Mrs. J. C. Harlan on Tuesday evening, Feb. 20. Mrs. Walter Heppner will be In charge of the program. Mrs. Harry Bollinger is presi dent of the club. Members are be ing urged to be present. Deschutes Roads Receive Gravel Three miles of roads in the Al falfa section were graveled last week, George McAllister, Des chutes county roadmaster, report ed this morning. A mile of the Johnson ranch road was graveled as was a mile of the Dodds road and a mile of the Alfalfa road, running east from the store there. This morning the entire crew moved out to the Bear Creek road where a dangerous rock point a mile east of Six Corners will be removed. MISS LAWRENCE MENTIONED "Pictures: Library Has Million, Prehistoric to Present", a feature articles in the Sunday Oregonian of Feb. 18, mentions Miss Marion Lawrence, as reference librarian in Portland. A picture of Miss Lawrence, daughter of the late J. M. Lawrence, Bend pioneer, and Mrs. Lawrence, is used. The ar ticle deals with pictures in the Portland library. Buy National War Bonds Now! 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